Unfortunately, the drought which southern Africa had been experiencing in the last few years had had an extremely adverse impact on rural development, as rural communities were always the first victims of such disasters.
Lamentablemente, la sequía que ha asolado recientemente el África meridional ha tenido repercusiones nefastas para el desarrollo rural, ya que los habitantes de las zonas rurales son siempre las primeras víctimas de tal calamidad.